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Chlamydia pneumoniae: Epidemiology

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In 1989, the Chlamydia strain previously labelled TWAR was recognized as a third species of the Chlamydia genus on the basis of ultrastructural and DNA homology analysis and named Chlamydia pneumoniae [1].

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Blasi, F., Arosio, C., Cosentini, R. (1999). Chlamydia pneumoniae: Epidemiology. In: Allegra, L., Blasi, F. (eds) Chlamydia pneumoniae. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2280-5_7

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